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United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

New York State Supreme Court

Education

Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, N.Y.

J.D. 1983, Law Review

Long Island University, Brooklyn, N.Y.

B.A. 1967

Legal Employment

Sole practitioner 1989 - present

Emphasis on purchase and sale transactions of ocean-going vessels and drilling rigs; financing; corporate representation; international purchase and sale of goods; cargo damage; time charter and voyage charter disputes; demurrage, unseaworthiness, performance and non-performance claims, safe port warranties; arbitration and litigation including attachment of assets and arrest of vessels for security.

Lamorte Burns & Company, Inc. 1987 - 1989

Manager, Freight, Demurrage and Defense Department

Representation of vessel owners and charterers on behalf of protection and indemnity clubs in respect of disputes arising from bills of lading and voyage and time charters; litigation and arbitration.

Zock, Petrie & Curtin 1981 - 1986

Associate

Arbitration and litigation arising from charter parties and booking notes, maritime liens, maritime attachment, removal, scope of discovery, attorneys' fees in arbitration, inherent vice in cargoes carried under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act; drafting of motion papers and briefs for state and federal litigation regarding same; analysis of voyage and time charter parties.

Chartering

Atlanta Chartering Corporation August 1980 - 1983

Director

John G. Miller, Inc. 1977 - 1980

President

Time and voyage charter parties for ocean carriage; financial and office management.